Just heard this on TV: The woman at the debate who asked Romney how different he was/would be from Bush in his policies, said Romney evaded her question and did not do a good job answering her. She said she paid attention to both candidates and is now firmly an Obama voter. She said she will be casting her vote for 4 more years of Pres. Obama.

I love it how the GOP shills are latching on to the Gallup tracking as if it’s accurate. “No one who’s broken 50% has ever lost.” Of course, the only reason Mitt broke 50% is because of the South; he’s losing everywhere else. As I tweeted: laughable.

That poll is propaganda designed to feed this phony meme of Mitt’s surge. The laughable crosstabs should be proof of two things: PBO is winning (why else would there be this need to overweigh the South in this poll by such an outrageous amount) and our MSM, including some once reputable pollsters, are the comminucations arm of the GOP. Reality is not going their/Mitt’s way, so they CREATE polling numbers more favorable to Mitt. They do this to keep republicans “enthused”, to demoralize democrats and create the false impression of a close race. Any MSM personality that cites this poll as if it is valid SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED, now or in the future.

He’s not conceding either state. I read last night that Rahm is going to Florida…..big influence with the Jewish community. Other plans for Virginia. He won’t neglect ignoring. It’s close to DC…easy to get to. ‘re the polls, Gallup is highly unreliable due to methods send population. The campaign internal polls are what they’re tracking. Think back 4 years ago. I firmly believe Mitt has peaked. The more that debate performance sinks in, the lower he will go.

“Obama carried this 2nd presidential debate with the “Xbox Undecided/Swing Voters” — respondents who identified themselves as undecided or leaning toward one candidate or the other, prior to the debate.
The percentile breakdown: 51% of undecideds said Obama won, 17% said it was Romney and 32% of undecideds were — wait for it — “undecided.”

51% finally got their head out of their ass but 32% undecideds are still undecided. There is no hope for these people who tend to turn away from the facts out there on both candidates. I want to grab them by the neck and say…listen, learn, watch or read something for heavens sakes…educate yourselves dammit!

57andfemale is correct.This article here shows that preliminary estimates are 57 Million – which were roughly the same as preliminary estimates for the first debates. Newsday is basing their figures for only the three major broadcast networks, ABC, NBC and CBS – a very preliminary count from Neilsen. According to this article:

// The second Presidential debate between Pres. Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney delivered massive ratings last night… All three channels were up in the demo compared to the first debate of the cycle, with all three hitting highs. Among the broadcasters, preliminarily ABC and NBC are up compared to the first debate, with CBS down. The numbers will adjust when finals are released. //

The final figures haven’t yet been counted. These preliminary estimates only include ratings from Fox, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS. They do not include other broadcast networks like PBS, CSPAN or Univision which will be included in the final estimate late this week.

While Romney continues to run on the idea that the economy has gotten worse over the past four years, that simply isn’t reflected by the record as it stands.

Unemployment has fallen to 7.8 percent from a high of 10 percent, consumer confidence is at a five year high, consumer spending is up, holiday hiring is projected to reach record levels, jobless claims are at a four year low, the deficit is at its lowest level in four years, and U.S. debt is at its lowest level since 2006.

I’m delurking after many years for two reasons: First, to thank Chips for providing an oasis of positive, important news and photos, all of which keep me going and bring me sanity during these stressful times.

Second, I have tickets to see the President tomorrow in NH and I’m so excited! I was hoping you seasoned speech-goers could give me some tips. I’m sure it’ll be a long day, but well worth it. I know I’ll hardly be able to sleep tonight! Thank you, kind folks.

Hollywood Reporter: “Early ratings for cable network coverage of Tuesday’s presidential debate have numbers surging ahead of the first showdown between President Obama and Mitt Romney earlier this month…”

“Nielsen figures have FNC’s telecast of the town hall debate matching its highest ratings ever (Sarah Palin and Joe Biden’s 2008 vice presidential debate) with 11.1 million viewers. On par with that record, FNC also scored a demo win with 3.46 million adults 25-54. Though its returns are shy of broadcast competition in NBC and ABC, it also topped CBS.”

Chips, just back from all day working in front of a group and no TOD time so belated thanks for using the photo I sent. Hope you (and all TODers) liked it. (see top Rise and Shine photo)

Still giddy over last night. Was able to educate several women about Robme’s lies, flip flopping and condescension about women. Glad Dudette also noticed the hypocrisy of Robme touting his Affirmative Action efforts – since the Repugs loathe it. Hope that turns some of them off from voting.